The opinion makers
Subtitle: an insider reveals how media polls distort elections and manipulate consent
By: David W. Moore.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780807042328
Subjects: Public opinion -- United States; Public opinion polls -- United States; Election forecasting -- United States; Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States; Press and politics -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Iraq and the polls: The myth of war support; title: Manufacturing public opinion; title: Telling Americans what they think; title: Inscrutable elections; title: Misreading the public; title: Media polls and democracy : damaging democracy; title: Uncertain future; title: Reforming the polls.